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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS - FROMTHR MORNING PAPBRS,, i MAY 29, 1826. THE TIMEs.] The Report of the Committee on the Scotch Bank ing System is such as'was expected. Whenever a General calls a council of war, he means to sneak off without facing his enemy. In like manner, Ministers, when they " called a Committee," to investigate the propriety or possibility of extending the extinction of small notes to Scotland, after they had declared that that measure should be extended to Scotland, evi dently meant the Committee to lead them back, with as little loss of Credit as possible, out of the dan gerous position hi which that declaration had placed them. The Coinmittee, therefore has done the duty for which it was appOinted. The two circumstances that make in favour of the exemption of Scotland from the rule to which England is subjected are these---lst, that Scotland had a circulation of small notes before such a circulation existed in England ; and, 2dly, that for the last ten years there has only been one commission of bankruptcy issued for a Scot tish bank. Upon both these allegations, which, how ever, taken together are not conclusive of the question, it is obvious to remark, that were their force greater than it is, Ministers must have been acquainted with them when they contemplated the extension of the measure to Scotland, and therefore did not think them sufficient, under present circumstances, to operate the exemption of Scotland. The menace and opposition of Scotland are the only new features in the case.— And with respect to the first of the allegations, it may be observed, that during almost the whole of the period that Scotland had a circulation of small notes (England having none,) she had simultaneously a cir culation of gold also. For example, as was stated by Air. Peel on the authority of Adam Smith, in 1775, she had a circulation of half a million ; but, as time advanced, that metallic circulation decreased. She had begun to find out the advantage of buying English guineas with her paper ; and " the quantity which was in circulation ln Scotland just preceding the Bank restriction was not worth speaking of"-- (Mr. Peel's speech on Friday night.) Scotland has no cash in circulation at present ; and is not the in ference as clear as day, that if ever we were to return to a metallic currency by abolishing totally the issue of small notes--,-(we say " if we ever were,' for now the case is hopeless, the exemption of Scotland fiom the • general rule proving, as we will maintain, ruinous to the partial application ;) but—" if we ever were" so to return, Scotland having no cash in circulation, would be an incessant drain, an ever-filling and never- Oiled oink to our metallic currency. We should sup ply Scotland with a lucrative trade in gold ; which she would either export to the Continent, or return to the Bank of England at a premium, as the call might be greater abroad or nearer her own doors. What can men of common sense then mean by saying, "that " they require further evidence" to prove that the two systems, the present Scotch and the approa c hi ng English, are incompatible. The same men might with equal reason pretend to convince us, that the thirsty earth has refused to admit the late soaking rain, which has been beneficently shed upon it. The second allegation—the infrequency of bankruptcies in Seotland among the bankers—will b e f oun d to have is little foundation as that of which we have already slisposed ; for it is not the present or past condition of the Scotch banks that is under consideration, but their probable situation at that time when the issue of small notes shall he stopped in England ; not that we think that they are then more likely to fail than here tofore ; but if they are so stable—if they possess such inherent vigour, why should not their Htrength be brought to aid our weakness at the approaching crisis, when the Bank of England is to supply a metallic cur rency for all transactions under five pounds ? But the trtith is, that the exemption of Scotch bankers from failure is 'no proof of their wealth, or even of their sol 'rosy, hut is the, result of a state of a society in Scot lamb which, if does not • prevent suspicion, pre vents the acting upon that suspicion throu g h a more powerful apprehension which tyrannises over the coun try. Septlanci is held in a kind of paper bondage,— Upon the whole, our firm conviction is, that the deci sion of the Committee that Scotland shall not be ohliged to resume a metallic currency together with Enaind, is decisive of the fate of the latter country ; or that, if not decisive of our fate with respect to the Ailinction of small notes, it is calculated to fetter that measure, without which we can never be in safety, with new and most cruel difficulties. [MORNING POST.] It is with the most heartfelt satisfaction we find that a subscription has been commenced in furtherance of a most laudable and practical expedient to provide employment for the destitute and wretched peasantry of ifie sister kingdom. This we hail as the beginning of a great and god-like work, which, if duly prose cuted, camiot fail to insure the comf or t an d happi ness of a numerous and valuable class of our fellow creatures (now in the most abject state of human misery), whilst it will give invincible strength and vigour to °le of the most important members of the British Empire. During centuries past, Ireland has exhibited a singular spectacle of wealth and beggary. —Her wealth has appeared in the bounties of Provi dence, lavished with an unsparing hand—her beggary and wretchedness in the evident destitution and super abundance of her population ; her resources have been neglected and unexplored, whilst the intelligence of her people has encreased, and useful science has every where rapidly advanced. The direst strife has hitherto there existed between the means of subsistence and the popu lation to be fed ; and the former have sunk under the pressure ofthe latter, because capital and enterprise have created no sou rces ofprofituble and permanent occupation and intellect in its progress hue been borne down by the first and original wants ofnature. How sincerely, then, shall we rejoice to see the attention ofrespectable practical cha racters:directed towards that truly interesting Island. Through their exertions we may hope to witness the formation and establishment of sources of permanent occupation, to the improvement of the condition and the advancement of the happinees of the people. The working of her coal mines alone would afford employ ment to tens of thousands ; and the other mediums of productive and useful industry would be so speedily developed, as in the course of a very short time to muse the mountains and plains of the Sister Isle to resound to the songs of a contented and h a p py mu _ Jation. Capital to set in motion the just and practi cal views entertained is all that is now required, and as we a re the children of one common stock, t h e kindly assistance and support which the present fee ble commerce and limited institutions of the Sister Kingdom stand in need of, will we trust be readily and effectually a dministered. We regard the sub scription set on foot as a demonstration of feelings at once the most no . ble, most generous, and just. Taken as an ebullition of high and liberal sentiment, it can neither excite the . jealousy, nor rouse the angry pas sions, of any description of persons ;—it originates in the purest and most virtuous source ; and having for its object the permanent improvement and moral ad vancement of a large and meritorious portion of our fellow-subjects, will we fondly hope and trust, come warm to the heart of every well-wisher to the happi ness and prosperity of the Empire. [MORNING NZRALp.] Looking, as we do, upon the privileges of the House of Commons as strictly those of the public, we Are sorry when any disposition is shown to abandon or fritter them away. This, we confess, appears to us to have been done in the cases of the amendments made by the Lords in the Bonded Corn Bill ; whioh, we have no hesitation in saying, appear to have been assented by the Lower House, merely on the score of the inconvenience which would have resulted from throwing out the Bill. The known and established principle, as laid down by Mr. Hatsell, is the un doubted privilege the House of Commons invariably claim and exercise, " of not permitting the Lords to make any amendments whatever in Bills containing their grants to the Crown." There can be no doubt but that a Bill imposing a tax of 12s. a quarter on bonded corn, is a Bill of that description ; and thou&h the amendments made by the Lords were, we admit, merely technical, and in furtherance of the real objects of the Commons, yet the principle of not permitting " any amendment whatever" in Money Bills, has on this occasion been departed from ; and the door once a-jar, may soon he set wide open. To say that the late Races for the Derby Stakes, at Epsom, have outwitted many who thought th emse l ves "knowing ones," is only to record the annual result of the same system of dupery and cheatery, in which fools and knaves are the mutual prey of each other, but in which the latter, as usual, contrive to carry off the larger share of the booty. The breed of horses is an essential object of national traffic, and, in that point of view, even had it no other recommendation, we should say that horse-racing deserves to be encou raged ; but that it should become an actual system of abuse and roguery, does not seem at all a necessary consequence, and ought to be discouraged. The va gabonds who principally thrive by this abuse of it, have actually no more to do with the horses than we have ; but, having no honest means of support, obtain a livelihood, and that sometimes a splendid one, by sporting a knowledge they do not possess, and esta blishing a betting-book, in which, first by betting, and then hedging, as they call it, they contrive to subsist in a manner somewhat more apparently reputable, but in fact not one jot more really so, than the other thieves and gamblers who live upon the ignorant dupes and scape-goats with which the kingdom abounds.— Ever since this time twelv e month, for instance, have these people been designedlyaiid ostentatiously at work to make others believe that they knew what horse would win the stakes in question ; and it is actually, a fact, we understand, that a certain member of the prize-ring had no less a sum than 200,0001. depend ing one way or other upon the event—when, lo ! what is the event, but that a horse that was never thought of carries off the prize, and leaves those wise acres to stare at each other, and laugh at the silly dupes whom they have been plundering ? Were it not for the demoralizing effect which this has upon so many, and of those, no small number of the rising generation, one would not much regret it. Were the heroes of the turf nothing more than a set of wolves, whose existence depended upon de vouring each other, few people would care who were the devourers or who the devoured. But when we know, as the fact is, that to obtain a Hill:M(34A, thous people must draw fiat fish into their net, it is fit that the public attention should be drawn to the practices ..of a gang of swindlers, who are only apparently above or beyond the reach of the law, because there is a sort of " honour among thieves," which it exempts from its consequences. N o k now l e d ge i s more useful, or more mortifying, than that which is obtained by watching the mind of a professed gambler—useful, as it shows the acuteness which a keen regard of self interest begets,—mortifying, as it exhibits die degrada tion, in point of moral virtue, which results from mere selfishness, unmixed with any of the kind and social feelings of our nature. Of a ll th e h eart l ess rept il es with which the world is peopled, the trading gambler is the worst ; and, follow him to the Stock-Exchange, the hazard-table, or the turf, we find him the same libel upon human nature and society.—lbid. [REPRESENTATIVE.] We have read with consummate disgust the per formance of some of our contemporaries, who are try ing to invest, with a fine romantic interest, the person and history of Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield. One assures us that he is " an interesting young man, very gentlemanlike ;" and another discovers a strong resem blance to the features of one of our popular poets. We must confess that all this appears to us to be in precisely the same taste that transformed the late Mr. John Thurtell into " the stout-hearted tar," &c. &c. We wonder that any body should have been taken iu by the John Bull's narrative. Mr. Wakefield, or some friend of his, may have bad some communication with the person who penned it. Such, we have n o doubt, is the fact of the case ; but who could read the paper without recognizing the perfect coolness, self-possession, and gay phrases, of a clever and thoroughly practised writer ? And who could be lieve that Mr. Wakefield is a man of any such ta lents or accomplishments? He appears from the face of his whole proceedings to be a miserably weak-minded creature--a nervous fool. A fine hero fora seduction story indeed ! To play on a poor girl of fifteen by lies about her mother's illness mid her father's rum ; and then, having succeeded, having actually bad the timid creature in his hands for a fort night, to have made so poor an use of his opportuni ties, that4he could abandon him without one struggle, at the first word from a couple__ of uncles. He is, it seems, turned of thirty. Had he been a mere youth, there might have been something to say in his behalf; but a man of thirty well knows what he is about when he sets to work to abstract an heiress of fifteen from her boarding school. We have no patience with the cant about tenderness, enthusiasm, and the spirit of adventure. He who, having been born and bred a gentleman, steals a men's daughter, hazarding at least her happiness through lire, and necessarily out raging every feeling of her parents, appears to us to be very considerably less the object of this sort of sym pathy than the poor Irish labourer from St. Giles's, who finds himself on the way to Botany Bay for hav ing made free with forty shillings. We are at a loss to comprehend the meaning of this gentleman's Coming home to stand a trial. Could he dream that, after what he had done, lie could ever have the slightest chalice of being admitted into any decent society in this country again? He intuit have had strange advisers. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 27. THE KING tie DEBNEY. The defendant, who had been found guilty on an indictment for continuing a nuisance in St. James's street, Gray's-inn-lane, was this day brought up for judgment, and sentenced in the penalty of 501., and to be kept in the custody of the Marshal till the same be paid. THE KING V. BROWNE. The defendant, who had been convicted of having committed an assault on Elizabeth, the wife of John Smith, was brought up in custody of the gaoler of Newgate, and sentenced to pay a fine of 101. to the King, and give security for good behaviour for two years, himself , in 401., and two sureties in 201. each. THE KING V. CUMMINS, CLAY, AND ANOTHER. Mr. SCARLETT, in a former term, obtained a rule, calling on the defendants, magistrates of the county of Devon, to show cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against them, for certain irre gular proceedings by them taken, in the conviction of a person for an offence alleged to have been committed against the game-laws. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. COLERIDGE appeared on behalf of the defendants, and showed cause against the rule, and Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. CHITTY were heard at considerable length in sup port of it. The Lonn CHIEF JUSTICE stated, that the grounds on which this application had been founded were not sufficient to justify the special interference of the Court, but as there was sufficient to warrant an application of this nature, the Court was of opinion that the rule must be discharged, on p a y ment o f costs b y t h e par ti es against whom the application had been made. His Lordship then expressed the disapprobation of the Court at the practice, which it appeared from the affi davits had prevailed, of taking the examination of a witness on oath in the absence of the party it was in tended to criminate. It was most improper, as it de prived the party accused of the benefit of cross-exami nation, and that testimony from the look and manner with which the evidence was given, which was often more important than the words themselves.--Rule dis charged accordingly, with costs. THE KING V. jOIIN KENT. Mr. HoutoYD last term obtained a rule, calling on the defendant to show cause why a criminal informa tion should not be filed against him for the publication of a libel, reflecting on the conduct of certain magis trates of the county of Suffolk in the administration of lustice. Mr. STORKS appeared to show cause against the rule, but admitted that the affidavits on which he re lied had not been filed within the time prescribed by the rule ; but he would only mention one fact—that the publication of the libel complained of took place on the 30th of November last, mid it was not till the latter end of last term that the j?roseeutor bad thought proper to resort to this Court for relief. The Court was of opinion that the rule must bo made absolute.—Rule absolute. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, MAT 27. MACDOWGAL V. YOUNG. This was an action brought to recover certain tythes of the defendant, an inhabitant of St. Helens, Bishops gate street. It was tried in the sittings of last term, arid a verdict was given for the plaintiff' on one cost, namely, that there was an agreement for a composition, but for the defendant on the other counts ; whereby the right of levying tithes, to the amount of 2s. 9d. in the pound, in the city of London, was negatived. Mr. Sergeant Onslow moved this day for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, on the ground that the :limy hurl mistalcen the ehte-ge of tho Judge respecting the enrolment of the Decree res pecting it in the Court of Chancery. The Court granted a rule nisi. ARCHES' COURT, MAY 27. This day, Charles Severn, Erg. and Malcolm Orme, Esq. were admitted of the number of Procurators General, in virtue of a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury. The business of the Prerogative Court was then commenced. DRINICALD AND DRINICALD V. WEST. This was a question on the validity of the will of the late Mr. John Drinkald, who died December, 1823, leaving two sons, Mesa's. John and Joshua Drinkald, and • daughter, Mrs. West. The deceased's personal property q amounted to 68,0001. He left a will executed in D ecem b er , 1818, and three codicil., the last of which, dated August, 1822, disposed of the lapsed share of another son of the deceased, Mr. Samuel Drinkald, between whom and the other sons the bulk of the de ceased's property had been by the will equally divided; Mrs. West having only 1,0001. at her absolute disposal, and a life-interest in 4,0001. three per cents, and some copyhold estates. Mrs. West impeached the validity of the instruments propounded by her brothers, alleging that the deceased was imbecile, and incapable of making a will for many years before his death. Sir 'Jon); /*mom:, after commenting on the evidence, pro nounced in favour of the instruments ; and observed, that if the Messrs. Drinkaldr had not, very much to their credit, waved their claim to costs, the Court might have been inclined to give them, as the proceeding of the other party had been in some degree vexatious. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE....-Robert Atkins, a groom in the em ploy of a Mr. Rush, was brought up for examination, under the following charge The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner had been in his service about ten months; that on the 10th of April, he drove his ladyin a gig to liernemstreet ; and, on her alighting, she discov e r e d th a t she had lost her pocket-book, containing a ten pound note. The prisoner, on being questioned respecting it, stated, that his had not seen it. A few days after, in consequence of his sporting s new watch, chain, seals, &C., suspicions were excited that he had become possessed of the pocket book; and, on further inquiry, it was ascertained that, the day after it was lost, he had purchased the above articles at the shop of a Mr. Frodshara, and paid for them with a ten pound note; and eubsequeutly, the prisoner him self admitted he had taken the nute.—ile was remanded. GUILDHALL.—Mi. D. v. Mr. • G.—This was a case of assault and battery, alledged to have been committed by Mr. G., a small young gentleman in blue steel spectacles, upon the person of Mr. D., a tall gallaut son of Mars, recently returned from the ' Ashantee wars, with his liver a little touched, and a large mercu rial cataplasm exteriorly applied thereto. Mr. D. detailed his case at great length ; and as be expressed a hope that " the blazonntent of it in the newspapers might he done decently, on account of his connections being very high," we shell endeavour to do it as decently as possible, though w e can * not go into it quite so lengthily as Mr. D. did. All• D. as we understood him, was lately a poor lieutenant in a marchi ng reg i men t, battling and broiling beneath a b urn i ng sun on th e G o ld C oas t of Africa, among those sanguina r y savages the Asha n t ees; b ut h e i s now, though scarcely two- an d- twenty, a wealthy man ; f or , of being rath er touc h e d in the liver, as aforesaid, he came h ome to Old England , having left the Gold Coast in co nsequence and whilst waiting under the liver-relieving opera tion of the mercurial cateplasin above-mentioned, he obtained golden luck in the last lottery, and thereupon he forsook the " clang of hostile arms," and all that sort of thing, for the peaceful pleasures of this very merry metropolis. Now, it so hap pened that, ou Thursday morning last, he paid a morning visit to a lady in whose house he formerly lodged, and of course the con versation turned upon his very excellent luck in the lottery ; but in the mid st of it in dropped Mr. G. who was almost an entire stranger to Mr. D., hut who, nevertheless, began questioning Mr. D. with a very p a idl:Jry-ish familiarity, as to the precise number of the ticket by which he won his prize, as though he doubted Mr. D.'s declaration touching his hick in the lotte ry. Mr. D. did not h a lf like this incredulous famili ar ity, or fam il iar incredulity ; but thinking it would be extremely indecormis to resent it before the ladies, he replied, simply, that the ticket by which he won his prize was No. 1783. "Oh !" said Mr. G. " that cannot be, for I have been with Sivewright, and he as sures me that no such number was sold!" Mr. D. declared that if Sivewright said that, he said that that was not true. " Well, 111 bet you 101. that that number was not sold," said Mr. G. " Done !" said Mr. D. ; and taking out his betting book and a ten pound note, he desired Mr. G. to do the same. " Oh! I am not prepared for that," said Mr. G. " Oh? I thought so," said Mr. D., " and as I never bet without having the stakes de posited, I shall have nothing more to do with you, further than to relate a little anecdote to you. The other day, I met a gentle man in the city, who asked me at which of the offices I pur chased my lucky ticket; and I told him I bought it at Bish'e. Now, I never was in Bish's office in the whole course of my life ; but I made the gentleman that answer, because I considered his question impertinent." " Perhaps you think me impertinent ?" said Mr. G. "Oh ! no : not impertinent ; but something a little like it," said Mr. D. " Then, if that's the cue," said Mr. G., pulling off his coat in a great bustle, " the sooner we settle it the better." "Oh ! fie, Mr. G.," said Mr. D, ; " not in that manner, if you please. Whenever I quarrel with a gentleman, I settle it as a gentleman ought to do—in a gentlemanly manner; and even if I were to meet you as a gentleman, I should allow you to fire twice, and then shoot you!" But Mr. 0. did not see the gentility of being shot, and converted into worm's meat, merely because he had been taxed with impertinence ; so, without paying any, the slightest, attention to Mr. D.'s remonstrance, he went on with pulling off his coat; and as soon as he had got it off he threw it over the' back of a chair, and made a straight forward poke at Mr. D.'s dumpling depot: which straight-forward poke Mr. D. dashed aside by a back handed twist of his umbrella. Then Mr. 0. having rubbed his wrist a little, to do away the imitation consequent on the back-handed twist aforesaid, made another and more furious poke at Mr. D.'s dump ling depot ; and again Mr. D. dexterously dashed it aside by the aforesaid back-11anded twist of his umbrella, which so enraged Mr. G. that he rushed upon Mr. D. with the intentiun of boring him down as it were ; but Mr. D. by turning sud denly to the left about, received the charge in the rear instead of in front, and by a well-timed retreat he came out of the action with no other damage than two good hard thumps on the back of his head ! This was the assault and bat tery complained of by Mr. D., and he conjured the Magis trate to hold Mr. G. to bail, and to make him give twenty four hour's notice of bail—his conduct had been so very, very shameful ; though had it not been for the mercurial cataplasin above mentione 1, he would have given Mr. G. such a dressing, on the spot, as should have taught him much better manners for the rest of his life. Mr. Alderman ANSLZY said he did not see any thing so very atrocious in Mr. G's conduct, as to justify him in requiring notice of bail.—lt appeared to be a mere common assault. " A common assault, Sir !" said Mr. D. " I assure you Sir, Ids conduct was excessively bad ;--most outrageously shameful ; and I am surprised yon should denominate it n common assault." Mr. Alderman Artsutv explained that common assault was the technical phrase fin• an assault which had nothing felonious in it; and he then asked Mr. G. what he had to say in his defence. Mr. G., evidently a young man of few words, assured his Worship that he was utterly incapable of misconducting himself in the manner described by Mr. D. " Then you had better step aside and arrange your differences, without exposing yourselves further," said the Alderman. " Impossible !---totally impossible?" exclaimed Mr. D. " Quite out of the question !" gently ejaculated Mr. G. " Very well ; then Mr. C. will put in bail for his appearance at the Sessions," said the Alderman ;" and to the very great chagrin of Mr. D., his worship not only refused to require twenty-four hour's notice of bail, but consented to take one surety only, instead of two. QUEEN-SQUARE.---Rominav AT THE 11011. LADY M‘Do srALD'S.--John Smith, who gated himself a fruiterer, residiug in Whitcomb-stroet, was charged with a robbery iu the house of 'Lady Louisa M'Donald. Mr. John Morris, of No. 41, Vincent-square, stated, that he was Clerk to the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer. About one o'clock on Saturday, lie was in the house of the late Sir Archibald Mg./meld, fur the purpose of meeting the executors ; and, on going into one of the rooms on the ground floor, he ob served the window open, and the prisoner standing near it. After searching for the papers that were wanted, on his going into the hall, the prisoner was there with two bags under his arm. Wit ness asked him his business, and where he came from ; to which he replied, that he had brought a letter for a Mr. Smith, from Mr. Farquhar, the banker. Witness put several questions to him, but finding ho gave evasive answers, be seised him by the collar, and took the bags, with their contents, from under his arm. Here the bags were produced. One contained two shirts, a pair of stockings, and a handkerchief; the other, another bag and a skin of leather. John Moore, porter to Mr. Makepeare. silversmith, Lineoln'a 11)1140dg, hroushe two bags to Lady MiDonald's hone, with scales and weights to weigh the plate, and those new produced were the same. Master E. J. Randolph, the nephew to Lady M'Donald, about 12 years old, said, he was a scholar in the Westminster School. About 20 minutes before one o'clock, he came to his auntie hours, and left in the hall his bag of linen. The property produced be longed to him. in his d e f ence , an d was The prisoner de c lined sayi ng any t hi ng fully committed WORSIIIP-STREET.—Thomas Char Nan, a known cha racter, with an unlucky cart in his aye, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, charged with breaking into, and robbing the house of Mr. Haffatul, a grocer and cheeseinonger, in Brick-lane, St. Luke's. It appeared, that between the hours of six and eight last San day morning the lock of the street-door was picked, and the shop broken into, from which 101. in cash, several canisters of tea, a silver watch, and other articles, were stolen. About a quarter before eight o'clock, a neighbour of Mr. Ilaffand's saw the prisoner corning from the house, carrying a large bag. He afterwards gave a description of the man who carried the hag, to James Taylor and Robert Lock, headboroughs of St. Luke's, who appre hended the prisoner at the Salmon and Ball public-house, Golden lane. No part of the property has yet been found, and the prisimer was remanded to give tune for further inquiry. TOWN-HALL.—Fnaolar.—A few days back a young man, who gave his name John Adams, was charged with stealing a sheet from the Prince of Wales public-house, iu Prospect-place, St. George's-fields, and remanded. Ou his person were found, by Reeves, the marshalman, the remnants of a letter, purporting to be written from East Cliff, Brighton, to some person, in 'fails tock-row, Covent-garden, (the names, in both instances, being torn off.) A report of the case was made in the Times news paper, which was productive, the following morning, of a letter to Mr. Alderman J. J. Smith, stating, that the prisoner, whose real name had been discovered to be Joseph Sweeney, had committed forgery upon his master, a gentleman named Auldjo, an office in the 18th, or Royal Irish .; who, on Saturday morning, attended with Mr. Morgan, hosier and silk-mercer, 117, Strand, and pro duced the following notes in the hand-writing of the prisoner Mr. T. R. Auldjo requests Mr. Morgan to send by the bearer (his servant) half a dosen pairs of black silk stockings, and two body flannel frocks, to make choices. " T. R. AU! DJO." Mr. Morgan said, the goods were delivered to O K . prisoner. Directions being given to Mr. Law, the keeper of the Borough Compter, for the production of the prisoner, he was brought up, and immediately sworn to, and the evidence being taken down. he was committed to the custody of Kinsey, the officer, and con veyed in a teach to Bow-street, where a warrant to apprehend lihn had been taken out. Mr. Alderman J. J. Sun% said, this was one of the many proofs of the service rendered by the publication of Police Reports, by which the public were much benefited, in-which he was j o i ne d by the prosecutor and Mr. Morgan, who described the prisoner eThe having Wtlndies and thi s country. received every ki n d nars as a young man of capabilities, which, if properly direzted, would have rendered him a useful member of society; that h e b a d a dd e d during ingratitude to his servitudeo t liebrootiffin in The prisoner seemed in the deepest despondency, and declined any defence. The minor charge was given up. Private letters from America state, that a subscrip tion for, the relief of the late President of the United States, Mr. Jefferson, has commenced in his native town, Boston. In the General Assembly of the Church"of Scot land a discussion took place on Tuesday last, relative to Gretna-green marriages. The strongest disappro bation was expressed of the county magistrates or bo rough justices, who allowed them to be attested in their presence, and a committee was appointed to in quire into the best me ans o f preventing them. Should this committee succ ee d, will drive to the n or th w i t h heiresseN and boarding : school girls. fewer post-chaises and four COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DUZIWO, 1111 i `IRE. (Wheat Inarleyl Unto• 95 et 20 25 48 II 27 15 30 16 22 22 27 14 St 44 10 44 !Bunt I sat. St 146 U -. 46 40 36 Per Quarter. Alnwick Andover Arundel Ashborne Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Blandford Bridgewater Bridpurt Bristol Bury St. Edmund's Cambridge Canterbury Carlisle Chard Chelmsford Chesterfield Colchester Daventry Derby Devises Doncaster Dorchester Exeter Eye Gloucester Guildford .. Henley fiexhatu Horlicastle [lull Htingertur4l Huntingdon Ipswich Leeds Lewes Leicester Lincoln Loughborough Louth Lynn Maidstone ... Market tlarburough Morpeth Newbury Newcastle Newport (Isle of Wight) Northamptot: Nottingham Norwich Plymouth Reading Romsty Salisbury Sandwich Sheffield Shepton Mallet Sherborne Stamford Sunderland .... Swansea Taunton Truro Uppinghaur Uxbridge Waketield %Vantage Warminster Winchester iVisbeelt Yarmouth Yeovil Yut k Pet Bushel. Birmingham Bodoni' Buckingham .. Cheltenham Coventry Hereford... Newcastle (Staff.) Northallertun Oxford Pern ith Penzance Shrewsbui y Stafford Warwick Worcester Per 8011. Barnardeastle ......... ..• Darlington ......... Durham ............... Stanhope ........•• •• s:toct,ton ................ Wolsinghani ...... 10 0 9 9 10 .. ... o —I fair has been a large arrival of Oats this %le g ! na l " LIVIIIIPOOL COON ICXCHANGIf, . 4 0 lair one of wheat ; Flour and Oatmeal are likewise supply. The demand has continued regular ; 0; 1 ' 1 1 :110 , market to there was a fair attendance of dealers, and wneloboi td. per freely, Wheat at an advance of W., t u mr per bushel. The season for 3lalting s was no alteration in its price ; nor ot Malt, Pc si o• Flour, or Oatmeal. 9 9, 0 9 ' a. o O s d. 0 0 ' I, 0 Is 6 0 1 I 4 Y. 0 oil s I 4 'O l s 9 1 0 i 41 1 0 i 0 11 a flit 7 OA I 6 v.ei OM A • d. o '7 6 o' 7 0 8 "11 o II" 5 0 0 0 00 0 s 4 0 • O 9 , 0 oOg 0 O 01 o 0 0 0 O o s O 0 0 0 Q° 0 Wheat, English, per Scotch Canada (tree) Foreignitree) •••••••••***oo4. Irish (real ) Ditto Barley, English, per Imperial . Foreign (free) per &fibs. Irish Scotch fats, Potato (inish), per 4311. Foreign (in b0ndi0**0........e.... SCOW le Welch Potato, foricyl 11 7: era t : gi Di:::;ttO rtiou t go l u rri:r te -.41 : er i , C1 rd f m 7 ""' i , tt0........................... di b, tt0 ~........... ..•••••••• 11 : (t ., 04 i 1 1 : 01.1. ; : 4 4 7: 11.1 1. 0 0: ot : 0 0 American our, new (in bond), 01 Oatmeal, r ir,.nabs. ••••••••••••••••••••*044. 6 . 0 ~.. , ,► I . ~,, w - -- r tO . o._ i 'i‘ . Eutopcan (In b0nd)........--,.... 200. Od. to wo• r, . $ our (out of tr0nd)—......,........... 99a. O. to 31., .... 140 9 . 2.. 4, Irk' mutat. I SAIRLRY. I OAT. F or . 8 00 $ Ol Bushel7olba. Bushel doll s. Bushel .151 bi. • Import. or MIA I/I for the Week nous , I". al , 59,770 uso 5,30 0 JO Packs of Oatmeal, of Ikt.b... t,@s. 53 St 6G 10 tit 66 6t 64 4$ 58 SO 63 54 GO 5 68 FtiB 56 56 60 O 64 159 6til On Saturday . morning last, at 8ei..., -- t i_ o l I , l o' ~00:114.4 DIED. oi . 1 . tile P°Wigpe 14'''' I Na y end c a in ple L dab a r w uj dg a : he. ; e , riwnoifdthoe7oo henry tfh i t y. li ye e tairi l it, oftE . cl e } J , e o .r h n of I l i i Jo el iv ' s eran,, • 00 , V ' At Hastings, on Friday List, Mr. ilioniao 11; 1 1 3 iri CI. aged 17 years, son of the late Thorns 13rowl' e ' l ' -' .iit ? nit y College, Dublin. ~,. o f 1,1 ..1. w- ° 1 1, Lately, the Rev. John Woolfe, m•A• - -- fi ar tiail, l ° -ro . College, ou Dr. Finney's Foundation, Dean e' 'l.lo",'' 0 late Master of the Grammar School at Dilhore e ' - ia l' a ' l e i On the 11th instant, at Caen, of a consuniption,i 0,11 Year , Mary, third daughter of Captain Reile/I'k, ) Navy. lop' of t ile ot On the 22d instant, at Hastings, Sol'h ia ' i ' v ,, i 4 1 lii George Grant, Esq. of Russell-place, I.°"`',.,'''l4 enter -in-law of Captain Sir Richard Grant, n ' . d Lately, Commander Joiieph Hoy, li.N. , , l ova Se a r') On the 24th instant, suddenly, aged 65, his. I ' l- selP ii ', Lay Vicar o w f h th er e e Ex he r ou er C Tau t e l i, ed thi r y :i!, at t t o en w a h ed ie :r in iv o l :o 4/ e i: a sp i d l ing service in good health. On going to hetli he 0 s pilt being unwell; shortly after he was seised witlioe ' in less than an hour. —.me 71 41 1 ( Priuted and Published by M. ArOtnlCis 41 1119 rhh 111, WO. t 4 SI 32 Si 30 '34 '4l 4% 15 20 24 HO ft .11 y 5 t 7 34 it 3 0 - !S 2 tt I" /9 35 i 6 3 0 14 3 , /8 3 , n 8 , 19 34 17 3 : 16 it!' it Si' 14 Is Sl' i 9 26 SO so 41) 17 37 19 9b iS 39 i 8 3' 4 5 6 4 7 t• 5 CI 5 6' 4 4 *"'" 3 9 7 .9 8 -- 7 8 IU n - 10 7 9 -- - 10 7 $ 1 Po .G M 14 it if 43 5$ 27 44 I t 37 4 ' 40 41 43 51 , i'l'ut:._......„_. ' d t o C 1,4 4, MARRIED. „ Oa the 24th instant, at Cranb k the n es'. rtcsl , ,', M.A., Student of Christ Church, t urd of. lisw lthull h 4 l lo.l).l Caroline Charlotte Wilhehnina, daughter of the 1 11 8" 1 , Louisa de S o p (eV 1 ,, On the 2 6 Pae th n instant, at Bath, John PisfOr, ri1:001,11,t. r_u and the co-heiress none of Worthington), to Elisabeth , ; 4 , of rti'orwn-er down of the late C. Worthingto", 13 , 1)4 cent, and Lincoln's Inn. Ile 14 "' lAne t John Heywood, 25th instant, at Great Stultely, by _t 13 00 ir i,t , o Esq. of Farnworth flow, Dlr . , 0 us itet, s o h f i r t e h ,_ to Klan, youngest daughter of the Bev. ''' .0. O r _ . lormer place . , LY Mit I. U s u . the 27th instant, - at Marylehone Nevi CoUrCiati, t o , Griudle, Knapp, Thomas Cathnall, lisq• of V *" . 0 0' On Berners-street. o f 'flo"' o t , the 26th instant, J. D. Dickinson , Pol . " , o u.k r s Mace, to Margaret , IV. A hl mom, plo. Essex. ?tt the 23d instant, at Walcot Church, bY the ij ßc ali t:i4 t h :L , :' Gardiner,,,,___. Major C. Gardiner, to Harriet, 00 1 / 1 ' of I I ''unicet, EN, And niece of T. 'l'. Villebooh worth, Hants. r,,i0)°.4